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China’s first 10,000-ton electric containership is beginning sea trials. The shipyard is billing the ship as the largest of its kind and a further breakthrough in short-sea shipping. The Ning Yuan Dian Kun was launched in September 2025 and has completed its outfitting, berth tests, and mooring trials. The ship set out from its builders, […]

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) is raising the alarm over a significant surge in cargo theft and freight fraud across the global supply chains. Criminals, it says, are increasingly deploying digital tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to perpetrate illegal schemes. The lobby group IUMI, together with the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) EMEA, […]

India’s refiners might make out well by taking a deal with the United States to buy lots of Venezuelan oil, according to the State Bank of India. Indian refineries became major consumers of gray-market Russian crude oil after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, drawn by deep discounts and the prospect of profitable crack spreads […]

In 2025, China once again dominated the world’s shipbuilding orderbooks, according to the latest numbers from Clarksons (compiled by eWorldShip). Out of all orders placed at yards around the world, nearly two-thirds went to Chinese shipbuilders, reflecting the country’s powerful market position and the strength of its state backing. Last year, owners worldwide placed orders […]

Faced with the need for more electrical power and a desire to expand renewable energy, Massachusetts is looking toward the import of renewable energy from neighboring Nova Scotia. The first-of-its-kind agreement would present a novel solution to meeting the needs while also addressing the opposition of the Trump administration to the development of offshore wind […]

Danish Defence reports that the study group working on the strategy for the construction of its new Arctic ships selected a distributed construction model, which will be the most cost-effective while creating jobs and speeding development of the ships. They called the agreement a milestone that will also set the framework for further work leading […]

Officials in Santa Marta, Colombia are attempting to refloat a small tanker that has gone aground next to a breakwater near the center of town. At about 2230 hours on Monday night, the small tanker Intergod VII grounded on Playa de Los Cocos, a beach about one mile south of the main commercial seaport. The […]

The Italian Coast Guard completed its inspection of the livestock carrier Blue Ocean A after overseeing the towing of the disabled ship into the port of Cagliari. While not saying it was a record, they are reporting the vessel racked up an astonishing 54 deficiencies during the inspection, and 30 of them led to a […]

CK Hutchison fired back in its ongoing dispute over the concession to operate the port terminal at each terminus of the Panama Canal, saying it has commenced an international arbitration. The Hong Kong-based company asserts Panama has been conducting a “campaign” against its Panama Ports Company and said it would seek “extensive damages” after Panama’s […]

An area off Malaysia’s eastern Johore coastline has for several years seen a concentration of dark fleet tankers, many sanctioned, uninsured, flagless, and in poor seaworthy condition, engaged in the transfer of Iranian crude from tankers ex-Iran to tankers heading for China. This Ship-to-Ship (STS) “transfer box” lies wholly within Malaysia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). […]